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	'<{title}>' => 'Forms of government in ancient Greece',
	'<{subtitle}>' => 'Written in <span title="Greek and Roman Civilization">HIST 1421</span> of <a href="http://www.uopeople.edu/">University of the People</a>, finalised on 2017-04-19',
	'<{copyright year}>' => '2017',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
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<p>
	Ancient Greece was less of a country and more of a collection of neighbouring cities that shared a couple seas.
	It didn&apos;t have a single government that presided over everyone.
	Instead, each city ran itself as the people there saw fit or had imposed upon them.
	As such, many differing types of political systems were in place.
</p>
<h2>Monarchy</h2>
<p>
	In a monarchy, the people were ruled over by a dictator of some sort.
	The monarch had all say in how the state was run and the citizens held no power at all.
	This is in stark contrast to a democracy, in which the people have the power.
	In modern democracy, all (or most) people have a say in government, but even in the ancient Greek version of democracy, there were many more people in charge than in a monarchy.
</p>
<h2>Aristocracy</h2>
<p>
	In an aristocracy, power to run the government lies with an elite upper class (Dictionary.com, LLC., n.d.).
	I couldn&apos;t find this in the reading material for the week, but it was easy enough to look up in a dictionary.
	An aristocracy and an oligarchy are pretty similar.
	In fact, I&apos;d say an aristocracy is a specific type of oligarchy in which the small ruling group is composed of a specific class.
</p>
<h2>Tyranny</h2>
<p>
	Tyrannies were just like monarchies, except that the dictator had come to rule the area because they took over by force (Cartledge, 2011).
	This was different than in a monarchy, as in a monarchy, the role of dictator was passed down through the generations.
	Aside from that, the two are the same, so tyrannies compare to other types of government the same as monarchies do.
</p>
<h2>Oligarchy</h2>
<p>
	In an oligarchy, all power belongs to a small group of people.
	There isn&apos;t a single ruler, but the majority of people don&apos;t get a say in how things are run.
	This is sort of a middle ground between a monarchy and a democracy.
	More people have their say than in a monarchy, but less people do than in a democracy.
	In ancient Greece, the select few that ran things were the wealthy elite (Cartledge, 2011).
	Because an aristocracy divides political power on class lines, there&apos;s no rising to power.
	However, in other types of oligarchies, there may be a slim chance of someone without power obtaining power.
	For example, when political power is given only to the wealthy, there&apos;s a slime (almost none) chance of obtaining the wealth needed to participate in governmental affairs.
</p>
<h2>Democracy</h2>
<p>
	The ancient Greek meaning of democracy was a bit different than our modern concept.
	It was rule by &quot;the people&quot;, but <strong>*which*</strong> people?
	This wasn&apos;t properly defined, and could refer to any number of groups.
	It could mean all the people, but at the same time, it could instead refer to only people that met some sort of qualification.
	These qualifications need not be related to competency, either.
	For example, in Athens, one qualification for participating in their democracy was that you had to be male.
	You also had to be of full Athenian decent.
	Legitimate residents and citizens were not able to participate if they&apos;d migrated from elsewhere, nor were their descendants (Cartledge, 2011).
	In any case, Greek democracy was on the other end of the then-available government spectrum from monarchy.
	There was no single ruler, and achieving something you wanted in government required convincing a majority of the voters to side with you.
	The Greek version may not have allowed most people to vote, but this voting system still made it difficult for small groups to assert power over the masses.
</p>
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>
	As we can see, there&apos;s a wide amount of variance in how a government state can be run.
	In some cases, power is in the hands of many people, while in other cases, a single ruler holds all control.
	Between this lie a middle ground full of potential options.
</p>
<div class="APA_references">
	<h2>References:</h2>
	<p>
		Cartledge, P. (2011, February 17). BBC - History - Ancient History in depth: The Democratic Experiment. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk./history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml"><code>http://www.bbc.co.uk./history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml</code></a>
	</p>
	<p>
		Dictionary.com, LLC. (n.d.). Aristocracy | Define Aristocracy at Dictionary.com. Retrieved from <a href="http://dictionary.com./browse/aristocracy"><code>http://dictionary.com./browse/aristocracy</code></a>
	</p>
</div>
END
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